Orthopedic Coding Alert
Documentation is Key to Reimbursement with New Medicare Consultation Update
Orthopedic Coding Alert
- Avoid SLAP and Bankart Repair Denials:
Don't Substitute Codes
A photographic record could be your answer to the nagging problem of receiving reimbursement for [...] - Documentation is Key to Reimbursement with New Medicare Consultation Update
Documentation—by both the primary and specialist physician—is the key to get specialty services paid as [...] - Coder's Column:
Learn the Basics of Correct Coding for Spinal Surgeries
By Susan Callaway-Stradley, CPC, CCS-P The coders in an orthopedic practice suffer if they [...] - Background on the Spine
Spine surgeries can be performed for several reasons. There may be spinal deformity, such as [...] - Reader Question:
Cast Change
Question: A patient comes in for an x-ray and cast change during the 90-day global [...] - Reader Question:
Modifier -57
Question: I was called to see a 90-year-old man who had fallen and fractured his [...] - Reader Question:
Billing for Fracture Care
Question: A diabetic patient is seen in the hospital for foot pain. Multiple tarsal and [...] - Reader Question:
Coding for Repeated Visits
Question: Office treatment of diabetic foot ulcerations required repeated (staged) debridement of hypertrophic skin, sometimes [...] - Reader Question:
Billing for Evaluations
Question: I am confused about billing for the orthopedic surgeon’s evaluation of a hospitalized patient [...] - Reader Question:
Bundling Options
Question: According to HCFA’s Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) guidelines, 29881 (arthroscopy, knee, with meniscetomy [medial [...] - Reader Question:
Emergency Department Billing
Question: Under teaching guidelines, what is the proper way to bill for fracture treatment in [...]
